Tired of Daimyo, Shogun, or Feudalism? Well then, STEP UP! BE A MAN, "Kido"! DISCARD FEUDALISM and Follow the lead --- CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT!
In the slogan, Kido is being told to be a man by supporting the centralized government and giving the lands to the emperor instead of the daimyo. He is told not to be a feudo, a daimyo, who takes the land and power of the government and makes the country decentralized and unstable. Kido is a pun that uses the slang term for "kid" as well as the name for Kido Koin.
Major Points
Helped abolish feudalism
"One of the three pillars of the Meiji Restoration"
Promoted a centralized government
Secured the nation rather than securing his own land as his hometown protested.
He helped forged Satcho Alliance that helped the Meiji Restoration
Tired of Daimyo, Shogun, or Feudalism?
Well then,
STEP UP!
BE A MAN, "Kido"!
DISCARD FEUDALISM and
Follow the lead --- CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT!
In the slogan, Kido is being told to be a man by supporting the centralized government and giving the lands to the emperor instead of the daimyo. He is told not to be a feudo, a daimyo, who takes the land and power of the government and makes the country decentralized and unstable. Kido is a pun that uses the slang term for "kid" as well as the name for Kido Koin.
Major Points
http://www.japanesehistory.de/cabinets/KidoTakayoshi.htm